The Meeker herald., 1887-02-26
EGNG;ittL NEWS.

The Ice gorge at Lyons. Michigan,
is gradually brca..ins up.
| Next FRIDAY, Mt nopn. the for'y-nin,h
Congress will CONT la u close.
III. effort 10 pass the Dependent,
Pension bill over the Presidents veto
failed In the House
Hay IL scarce In the vicinity ot Assin-
ai-,,n-. Montana, ani 50 pr ton is
paid for Il with nlacri,y.
Three thousand men arc out Of cin.
p!oy mcn, u, Butte. Montana, caused 10y
the copper works closing do"n on nc
count oi The snow blockade.
Daniel Mnnnin. has rendered his res
ignalion as Secretary Of the Treasury.
and tho President has accepted the
same, 10 take rif.c, April LIST.
In Detroit. on the 10Th. Edward iioII-
nv. aud his ihn,c small children were
horribly birn.si by the upsctilng Of n
,nAs VS. siss 'bars''"s u a ca" Of ben
xt-s
file wisols-sAl, !iTm o: Oppcnhcimer y
Co. OF Galveston. failed for three
quar,cisoi u million dollars on the 18th.
scvctal smaller irins also went under In
consequence.
a. l.. Iiaincs. "a wealthy man Of Lar
annie City. who is under sentence OF
three years for conspiracy To d.fraud.
died sudicnly In jail, and is supposed to
have suicid.d.
Tho snow blockade ou the Ccnral Pa
ciiic has been raiscd. Mail matter is
treing distributed ~ f,s, ~ possible.
There were on board these trains %"
bags OF papers aud ~ pouches Of letters.
Attorney General Gariani has sub
miiicd an opinion 10 the House 10 the
cffcc, ,ha, the fencing Of contiguous
corners Of sections oi railroad lands iii
such way as to proven, the passage bc-
tween Of settlers upon the Government
section is. rs the law now stands, clearly
unlawful.
Reports from Fort Benton. ASsina-
lptnc and other Montana towns. say that
the loss of life from the cold will be
larger than expected. The ranchmen
were unable Ia 90 after fuel. Those 90
ing from one town to another were lost
In the blizzard. \ great many cowboys
were frozen while cndeayoring 10 driv.
cattle.
Dan Reilly. while crossing noun
tain In Indian Territory recently was
caught In q snow slide and carried into
- Ia.
great that much timber was also carried
down. This saved his life. for when
carried into the pass. which is chas'n'
the limbs and broken timber were
thrown accross II In such manner "a
To form "a complete arch. thus keeping
the weight OF the snow from crushing
him. but leaving him completely en-
tomt,cd. After four hours hard work
he dug himself ont uninjured.
Boston Corbct, the slayer OF John
Wilkes Booth. while In a tit of insanity
OH the 10th. created u sensation in the
House Of Representatives at Topeka.
Kansas. Corbett was employcd there
as Assistant Door Keeper. and with a
IVNO1Net tit bi'N' out o''h' VI Wv W.
ployes. but his main desire was to Kill
Speaker Smith. lie took possession of
the Speakers gallery refusing TO allow
any one 10 come near. and compelled
the House to adjourn. lie was finally
captured. disarmed and lodged in jail.
lie will be transferred to an asylum.
A bill has passed the House provid-
ing for bounty of si.O on coyote
scalps. II was urged against 1t that it
would induce the cowboys to neglect
their work in order to hunt the animals.
Range stock in the eastern part of
Rio Grande county is reported to be in
good condition, and will show up in the
spring with less than one per cent. loss.
The abundance of snow there will give
tie grass a good start.